220: How to Say Never in Italian (While Playing Two Truths and a Lie)
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🗓️ 10 March 2026
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_In this post, you’ll learn how to say never in Italian using mai, including how to use it in common expressions and the past tense. _
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Today's Italian words:
Non faccio mai colazione a casa = I never have (lit. “do”) breakfast at home
Non brindo mai con l’acqua = I never say cheers with water
Non vado mai in spiaggia in estate = I never go to the beach in summer
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| 0:00.0 | Never is one of those small everyday words that comes up all the time in Italian. |
| 0:07.0 | It's really useful when you want to chat and connect with Italians |
| 0:10.5 | because you can use it to share things about yourself, |
| 0:13.7 | like places you've never been to in Italy, |
| 0:16.5 | food you've never eaten or things that you do differently in Italy and at home. |
| 0:22.3 | But never works a bit differently in Italian than in English. |
| 0:27.1 | In this episode, you'll find out how to use it in the Italian way. |
| 0:31.1 | Music Ciao |
| 0:43.2 | and welcome |
| 0:44.6 | Hi everyone and welcome to |
| 0:46.5 | learn Italian with joy of languages |
| 0:48.7 | In this episode you'll learn the Italian word for never |
| 0:53.0 | To show you how it works we're going to play a game of two truths and a lie, but before |
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| 1:18.3 | Grazie. |
| 1:20.1 | In a moment, you'll hear three things about me. |
| 1:24.1 | Two of them are true. |
| 1:25.8 | One is a lie and you have to guess what the lie is. |
| 1:31.2 | And for each truth or lie, Matteo will use the word never so that you can listen out for how it's pronounced and how you can use it in everyday sentences. |
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